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[ojisan]

A couple thoughts on plated bullets:

- They are just plain lead bullets without grease grooves or grease, using a light plating to reduce leading and provide lubrication.
They are usually sized the same as lead bullets at a couple thousands larger than jacketed bullets.
These slightly larger bullets can cause chambering problems if your chamber is on the tight side or intended for jacketed bullets....always make a sample round and plunk test it before making a whole bunch of them.

- Do not over crimp as this can damage the plating and cause it to flake off.
If you need a better crimp for function or firing reasons, use either plain lead or jacketed bullets.

[Flintlock Tom]

I will probably switch to hard cast lead in the future.

[pennstater]

I will probably switch to hard cast lead in the future.

Now you're talking. Those are generally easier to load and are certainly more accurate. Load data is abundant for cast also.

[sofbak]

You can form a mild crimp with the Lee FCD. If you carefully adjust the die so that the inside corner of the case mouth rim just penetrates the bullet, that will work with plated bullets. Based on my experience with plated bullets in .45 colt through a Marlin 1894.

But I switched over to hi-tek coated bullets....Less sensitive to roll crimp depth and barrel fouling.

YMMV.